Risky Business Video
August 25, 2025
Between Two Nerds: Teenage hackers are like goldfish
Presented by

Tom Uren
Policy & Intelligence

The Grugq
Independent Security Researcher
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how the teenage hacking groups Scattered Spider, Lapsus$ and Shiny Hunters are collaborating. They examine whether this is bad news and what will it take to slow these wrecking crews down. Plus, how teenage hackers are like goldfish.
Show notes:
- The Register, Three notorious cybercrime gangs appear to be collaborating https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/scattered_spidershinyhunterslapsus_cybercrime_collab/
- Between Two Nerds episode 103: https://risky.biz/BTN103/
- Sponsor interview with Brett Winterford from Okta: https://risky.biz/RBNEWSSI96/